Here's what you need to know about the rules for an overtime period for Super Bowl 58: Sudden death play — where the game ends on any score (safety, field goal or touchdown) — continues One of the biggest criticisms of the NFL’s overtime rule pre-2023 was that the overtime period represented a much different game than the previous 60 minutes did. From 2010 to '22, there were 11 NFL overtime rules for the Super Bowl. Each overtime period is 15 minutes long. They held the 49ers to a field goal to start the overtime period before Patrick Mahomes led a 13-play, Lack of familiarity with playoff overtime rules has hurt football teams at all levels, but most notably in Super Bowl LVIII. In that game, the San Francisco 49ers won the coin toss and opted to receive the opening kickoff, then settled for a field goal on their only guaranteed overtime drive. A review of overtime rules for the Super Bowl this year. Years ago, a team could just kick a field goal and end the game on the first possession of overtime of a playoff game. But that isn’t Here's what you need to know about the rules for an overtime period for Super Bowl 58: NFL Super Bowl overtime rules 2024. field goal or touchdown) — continues until a winner is determined. NFL Super Bowl overtime rules 2023 Prior to the start of the 2022 season, the NFL amended the overtime rules for this year's playoffs, which, obviously, includes the Super Bowl 57 matchup between Super Bowl LVIII in February of 2024 was played under the NFL’s current playoff overtime rules. The 49ers won the toss, chose to receive and kicked a field goal on their first possession. The Chiefs then marched down the field and scored a touchdown on their first possession, to win the game. The overtime rules for 2025 NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl explained: This is how the OT works the League changed its playoff overtime rules in the 2022 field goal, or safety – will end the The Super Bowl is in overtime. Here's how the NFL handles it. Sudden death play — where the game ends on any score (safety, field goal or touchdown) — continues until a winner is Super Bowl 58 went to overtime between the Chiefs and 49ers, and after San Francisco kicked a field goal with 7:22 left in the first overtime, the Chiefs drove down to the 49ers' three-yard line One is field position: The NFL's rule starts each possession with a standard kickoff, while college football overtime begins on the 25-yard line for two possessions before starting on the 3-yard Super Bowl Overtime Rules. In the event of a tied score at the end of regulation in the Super Bowl, overtime rules come into play to determine the champion. Here’s a breakdown of the Super Bowl overtime format: Possession for Both Teams As a result, the drive culminated in a chip-shot Jake Moody field goal that gave the 49ers the lead. MORE: 49ers players didn't know NFL playoff overtime rules before Super Bowl. For example, it was the largest comeback in Super Bowl history, and it also set the record for the most points scored in the final quarter of a Super Bowl, with a total of 19 points. Super Bowl overtime rules. In the NFL, if a Super Bowl (or any playoff game) ends in a tie at the end of regulation, it moves into overtime. The Chiefs became the first team to win an overtime Super Bowl under the NFL's new rules that guarantee both teams a possession. They held the 49ers to a field goal to start the overtime period The 49ers took the ball and drove for a field goal, then lost 25-22 when Patrick Mahomes guided Kansas City 75 yards the other way for the winning touchdown Sunday night. San Francisco’s drive ended when the 49ers kicked a field goal on fourth-and-4 from the 9. Super Bowl LVIII in February of 2024 was played under the NFL’s current playoff overtime rules. The 49ers won the toss, chose to receive and kicked a field goal on their first possession. The Chiefs and 49ers will play the first game under new playoff overtime rules established in between the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Here's how overtime works:Overtime periods are 15 minutes long, and Super Bowl Overtime Chiefs NFL New rules Touchdown Ball Field goal LAS VEGAS — The first use of the NFL’s new overtime rule comes in the Super Bowl. No longer can the team that gets the ball
Articles and news, personal stories, interviews with experts.
Photos from events, contest for the best costume, videos from master classes.
![]() | |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() |